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Sunday 17 June 2007

The great ISB tradition of Dunking

As the clock strikes 12:00 in the night, a bunch of around 20-30 ghosts descend on to the rooms of some unsuspecting students at ISB and whisk them away on their shoulders through the dark and chilly nights. They shout and scream as they devour their prey and take it to the altar of sacrifice – the SWIMMING POOL!

If you still did not get it, I am talking about not actual ghosts but just about this wonderful tradition in ISB of ‘dunking’ the students in the pool, on their Birthday. I do not know when and who in ISB started this tradition. Whoever it were or was deserve a big, big THANK YOU from us all. We would have missed out some amazing amount of fun in the absence of this tradition of dunking. It is great fun not only for those who have their birthday on the designated day but also for those who come just to dunk or just to view the dunk. It is all the more fun for photo enthusiasts like me for it is a time for some really memorable photo ops!

Dunking is enjoyed by all in ISB but the guys who seem to enjoy it most are the guys from the Section E. And the credit for this goes primarily to the two ‘office bearers’ of the ‘Section E - Birthday Club,’ Swati and Bikhyat. These two are the ones mainly responsible for remembering each one’s Birthday, organizing the parties, cakes, booze and for rallying the ‘big gang of ghosts’ to devour the Birthday Boy/Girl in the dead of the night. It is really surprising to find, in ISB, students who take up an initiative that will not give them any ‘spike’ or a ‘bullet-point’ on their resume. It is even more surprising to find them take this initiative forward with the sincerity and dedication that Swati and Bikhyat do. Great work guys! Keep it up!

I should also not forget to give credit to our section junta which turns up in huge numbers for dunking and for anything else related to the section or ISB. Some amazing spirit of camaraderie we have in the section. Hope we all keep it that way.

May be I should think of a way of putting up ‘Kaala – Tika’ on our section to ward of any possible ‘Buri – Nazar!.’

A few photos from today's dunk...(rest at flickr)




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